, 1887-07-07
Proceedings or the Episcopal Church
COnVOcaI5On.
WEDNESDAY, Jun,


Convecation came TO order at 2 O'Clock.
when, after the usual business, the Ladies
Guild of Port To%nseBd and the dele
gates from the associated Guilds were
addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Wilson,
McEwan and Gill.
The Rt. Rev. the Bishop appointed the
Rev. Dean Watson Dean for Western
Washington for the ensuing year, and
the Rev. W. L. McEwan as Dean Of
Eastern Washington.
In the evening at 7:30, after Evening
Prayers, the Rt. Rev. the Bishop COLI
firmed tkree young people. This beauti-
full service concluded, the Rev. Dean
Watson called the Deanery of Western
Washington to order, when, after the
reading of the minutes and the Deans
address. the meeting was addressed by
the Rev. Messrs. Wilson, Wells and Gray.
THURSDAY, June Both.
This morning at 1870 the Rev. Wm.
Gill was ordained to the Sacred Order of
Priests. The Clergy came into Church
in procession. The Rev. s. r. S. Gray
read Mornino Prayers, the Rev. L. II.
Wells the Litany, and the Rev. Dean
Watson the first part of the Communion
Service. Holy Communion was admin
istered by the Bishop, assisted by the
Rev. @. 3. Crawford, Deacon, the Rev.
Ed. Davis and the Rev. Deau Watson,
10 nv
preached the sermon, which was q very
clear exposition of the historic orders of
the Church, and concluded with very
earnest exhortation to the candidate.
Convocation adjourned 10 p. m.
This afternoons Session was purely
for business. This evening there is TO
be reception at Madame Gerrish's.
A good sized vein of excellent CO. has
just been found near ElIeusburg. witch
is said to be good for blacksmithiDg
purposes and also to coke we'll.
A Seattle real estate agent was show
ing some eastern gentlemen the beauties
of his town, when they were ''halsed" by
a highwayman. Hero is charce for
the Police Gazette to illustrate western
civilization.
private telegram from S"H Francis
Co elates that the conG ton of l.. NJ.
Starr's health continues to grow more
alarming ali the time, and it is feared
that he will live but short time, w.
81. Pumphrey, MIR. STAIRS agent in Seat
tie, has been summoned to San Francis
co on this account, and will make the
trip overland.
R. r. Parkinson, well known on the
Sound, was convicted in Carson City.
New, nine years ago, of illegal voting.
He gave bonds and appealed the case.
1t has been in the courts ever since, and
q few days ago it was thrown out OF the
Supreme Court OF the United States on n
technicality.
1t is now stated that the ''taIl s, ca
more of the Wabash" the silver-tongped
orator Daniel w. Voorhees,, OF Indiana,
has not been in Victoria. The Voor-
bees, whose views upon affairs were i'm
posed upon the POst-Intelligencer, is L.
G. Voorhees,, state senator of New
York. We always heard that those Vic
toria reporters were a sleepy lot, but
now We know they are not "hy."
The June number OF the Vest Shore
is one of the handsomess idsued this
year. A splendid likeness Of Queen Vic
torla ndors the frontispiece. together
with that OF Lieut.. Gov. Nelson and
bis cabinet, OF British Columbia. The
other illustrations are devoted almost sx-
clusively to views in Vancouver, B. O.,
the terminus OF the Canadian Pacific
railway. and scenes along that line of
road east through the Rockies. The
accompanying reading is also especially
interesting.